Theme
• The theme of this piece of work is
graffiti. I thought of this idea
because I wanted to create a piece
of work that would relate to the
area that I live in therefore I call
this piece of work ‘A typical East
London wall’. It reminds me of my
past and the present of how life is
ruff in certain areas in London.
Just by looking at the piece of
work, we can see that it looks very
negative because of the theme of
graffiti and how it has layers of
colours which shows how long it
has been around.

Ideas
• The idea/ideas behind my
theme of graffiti is that it can
have a lot of meaning
depending on who has created
the piece. A typical person
that would create or draw
graffiti is a person who lives
the ‘underground’ or ‘street
life’. Mostly done in the
undergrounds and on walls
that have been covered up
throughout the years

issues
• Issues behind this painting is that its
sets a very negative feeling to the
audience who don’t understand or
know what type of meaning it has.
Graffiti has a very urban feeling and
reminds everyone of youths and
mobsters that vandalise public
property. It also has a gang culture
meaning behind it because of the
word ‘London’ which shows how
gangs ‘own’ the area and their area
which is personal to me because of
the area that I live and have grown up
in with the role gang culture.

subjects
• The main subject in this painting is the word London which
has a meaning of territory and area. Every area has their own
mark and writing London basically shows what area your from
and the territory hat you live and ‘own’.

techniques
â&#x20AC;˘ The technique was very
simple. I used paint and
powder to create the texture
and used layers to create an
effect on decaying and that it
feels as if that it has been
drawn over because it has
layers upon layers. I then used
a sharp edge to create lines
and scratches on the painting
to create the effect as if it was
on a wall

Visual qualities
• Visual qualities in this painting is
probably the colours being used.
They are bright and stand out
which creates the effect as it was
3-D. Another quality that stands
out is the word ‘London’ written
across the painting which basically
shows how life is in London just by
looking at a painting that is very
underground/street type of work